Do not get me wrong CGI is great, for animation, but still needs some working on for
live action cinema.
Some may lament that there aren't the open ends and questions that inevitably stem from Miyazaki's more fantasy - minded fare, but storytelling this compelling and effective is hard to come by, both in animation and
live action cinema.
Clothes on Film talk exclusively to simulation supervisor for Brave, Claudia Chung, about this process and whether or not costume truly has a viable, practical function outside of
live action cinema:
Not exact matches
This is the ultimate larger - than -
life cinema experience for film fans wanting to feel part of the
action!
Spider - Man 2 was well received (even if I didn't really appreciate it as much as most), Batman Begins was an incredible
cinema experience, and Sin City was the ultimate in
live action comics.
With just three weeks to go until Peter Rabbit arrives in US
cinemas, Sony Pictures has released two new character featurettes for the upcoming
live -
action / CG - hybrid focusing on Daisy Ridley's Cotton - Tail and Elizabeth Debicki's Mopsy; check them out here...
The part - CGI, part
live -
action family adventure hits
cinemas everywhere this December courtesy of David Heyman, the producer of the Harry Potter series and last year's superb GRAVITY.
This has all of the typical Guillermo del Toro touches, with gorgeously lavish dark, dingy sets, a wonderful score by Alexandre Desplat, an immense love for the art of
cinema (she
lives above a movie theater), not to mention a scaly fish creature (played of course by Doug Jones) who doesn't have any lines but does say plenty in his
actions.»
Also noteworthy, in the category of
cinema ruled by cultural concerns and actual political events, was Carlos (d. Olivier Assayas), which kept a packed auditorium of critics in their seats for over five hours with a glossy, but intelligent
action film version of the 1970s exploits of a terrorist born Illich Ramirez Sanchez, but known internationally as the Jackal, also by the code name Carlos; and Des Hommes et des dieux (Of Gods and Men, Xavier Beauvois), a film, elegantly minimalist in design, based on a real -
life encounter between Algerian fundamentalist Islamic terrorists and a community of ascetic Christian monks.
This
live -
action entry is the Japanese film industry's latest attempt to parlay manga and anime into
cinema.
This one will open in
cinemas in March, and is part of the
live -
action release schedule for the Mouse House next year.
Like many
live -
action Disney efforts of the 1960s, Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation can not be called a great piece of
cinema but can be celebrated as a comedy that remains thoroughly entertaining half a century later.
This little gem features American treasure and all - around genre
cinema maestro John Carpenter discussing his 1988 sci - fi /
action / horror cult classic They
Live, going into detail about such things as the conceptual ideas behind the movie's premise, his casting of professional wrestler «Rowdy» Roddy Piper as the protagonist, and the rebellious inspiration for the film's infamous fight scene between Piper and the great Keith David.
Effortlessly moving between depictions of daily
life, sprinkled with humor and warmth, to extraordinarily heartbreaking events (without straying into melodrama) and taut
action sequences, Jang provides actor Song Kang - ho (Snowpiercer, The Host) another opportunity to prove that he's one of the finest character actors working in Asian
cinema today.
A second Inbetweeners movie made # 2.75 m on its opening day at
cinemas earlier this week, a record for a
live -
action comedy at the UK box office.
Though many of us have a soft spot for these relics of pre-Nolan, pre-Marvel Hollywood
action cinema, revisiting Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and its torturously titled sequel Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of
Life today reveals just how far the genre has come in recent years.
People may have liked, to varying degrees, Zemeckis» mocap films, but they weren't as crazy about the technology as he was and many longed for him to return to good old - fashioned
live -
action cinema, where the director had dazzled with some of the century's most iconic works.
As commercial
cinema goes, animation and
live action are seen as divergent modes of filmmaking sharing the mutual goal of aesthetic cohesiveness; they only achieve it by different means.
It's art
cinema instilled with a child's sense of wonder — which is also true of of the quirky auteur's
live -
action films, from Rushmore to The Grand Budapest Hotel.
The original A BITTERSWEET
LIFE is another example of amazing Korean
cinema from the past decade and mixes dark humour with shocking violence and memorable
action sequences, not forgetting an emotional undercurrent.
With just two weeks to go until the highly anticipated
live -
action adaptation arrives in
cinemas, Disney has released a new clip from Beauty and the Beast which sees Dan Stevens» Beast rather abrasively invite Emma Watson's Belle to dinner with a little help from his enchanted staff; take a look below, along with a featurette -LSB-...]
So let's see what I won't be seeing at the theatres this weekend: Hop Directed by: Tim Hill Written by: Cinco Paul & Ken Daurio Starring: Russell Brand, James Marsden & Elizabeth Perkins Synopsis: Blending state - of - the - art animation with
live action, Hop tells the comic tale of Fred, an out - of - work slacker who accidentally... Continue reading «THIS WEEK IN
CINEMA: APR 20TH»
Disney have just released the first teaser trailer for Beauty and the Beast, the
live -
action retelling of the classic tale, which arrives in
cinemas...
UK fans of Tokyo Ghoul will want to keep Wednesday 31st of January free and find a
cinema near that that'll be screening the new Tokyo Ghoul
Live Action Movie.
A time - travel adventure featuring
live action segments and a stellar cast, Quantum Break takes Remedy's love of
cinema to its natural conclusion
Unlike the
action - packed plots of traditional
cinema, the adventures of Warhol's Superstars were the activities of daily
life — chatting with friends, lounging in bed, cutting hair, getting dressed, going out.
Exclusively using analogue technologies,
live -
action footage, early computer graphics, stop - motion animation and in - camera effects on 16 mm films, Beckman's work is a carefully designed collage reminiscent of the 70s Structuralist filmmaking and the 80s No Wave
cinema.
The new moon performance, receptive to the archeological layering and bleed of Miami which is hiding in plain sight beneath every footstep, was filmically documented for an expanded
cinema and
live action installation of the same title, the exhibition of which is still to be determined.